Love will Find its Way- MJHT Completed - Page 26

Chapter 9

Sheena entered her mansion n rushed to her bedroom.

"Maam u here?" her assistant spoke surprised spotting sheena enter her room.

"Yes I had some urgent work, no calls, meetings or guests alrite, leave now"

The assistant nodded politely and left.

Once in her room with shaking hands she dialed Benji's number.

"Come Home, m waiting"

"wat?"

"yeah don't worry I will sort out everything, Sumi's life, her troubles, am with u, just come home'we need to talk"

But before he could day anythin else she ended the call taking sharp gulps of air trying to control her shivering self.

x-x-x-x

"what happened?" sumi asked as she gazed at Benji's shocked face.

"I gotta go'.. n I promise we will solve ur problem, the media n all, its our fault n we both are with u" he tried to assure her.

"but where are you going?" sumi called, benji had already made his way towards the door.

"To Sheena, she's here"

Anger flushed through her as Benji made an exit.

"Sheena! Sheena! Sheena!" she yelled at the now closed damn door "damn that *****"

She picked her cell and thought out her conversation, smiling she dialed her number.

Benji reaches home.

"Sheena!?" he called skidding past the hall heading to her room.

"Benji!" sheena smiled a huge sigh of relief and pulled him into a hug.

"wat happened?" benji asked surprised at her.

"Sumi"

The two broke the hug and went up in their room.

"Now tell me how can we help her?" benji asked.

"she doesn't need our help" sheena shook her head.

"wat do u mean?" he asked curious now.

"she was the one who spread it out on media at the first place, abt wat happened 3 yrs back between u me and her"

Benji stared at Sheena quite numb, this couldn't be true.

"I know I know its hard to believe, but as I promised u tht I will look into this matter, I told my assistant to get into it, and this is wat I came to know, n not only that, I even had a chat with Abhi, her husband"

Benji stood up and stepped away from Sheena.

"He said that their divorce wasn't coz of us, He left her coz she still loved u, that's wat he told me"

"sheena I trust my friend more than some unknown abhi" benji replied,

"Benji, trust me"

"I cant sheena, u r not taking this the right way, u need to trust me!"

"I do, I don't care wat sumi thinks or feels about u"

"no u don't! else u wont be spying on my friend! She's in trouble sheena, n I need to be there for her, and is this wat u have been doing? Collecting some unreliable bit of shit to convince me abt ur fake story"

"I am not lying!" sheena thundered.

"and I believe you" Benji replied sarcastically.

Both of them remained quiet for a while.

"She called me" she spoke softly. Her mind working fast, why hadn't she seen this before? Sumi's call it was all a plan.

"really?" he spoke with a certain disbelief and edge in his voice.

"yeah" sheena approached him slowly "look" she showed him the screen and surely sumi's no. displayed on her list of recent calls.

Benji stared at the screen and then at sheena.

"It was after her call that I called abhi, told my assistant to get into depth of this crap, Sumi thinks I snatched u from her, and that it was time to take u back from me"

"I don't believe you!" Benji thundered across the room to the door.

"Benji! Stop!" Sheena yelled.

"wat?" he asked frustrated barely turning back.

"u keep saying" sheena took heavy deep breaths trying to calm herself. "tht u trust sumi, please please trust me now for this once"

"i always have" benji murmured "but-"

"This one last time, its all I want"

-

Mayank played with Nupur's hair as she lay cuddled up next to him.

"I cant believe that samrat hid the truth from me" Nupur mumbled.

"Neither can I" mayank mused.

"yeah I knew that he had changed, but all his life, he told me that I was the first person who had a right over gunjan, even before him" mayank smiled hearing samrat's words from nupur with a certain pride.

"yes, but maybe gunjan told him not to, she didn't want to worry u I think thts certainly clear"

"hmmm Mayank?" she asked staring offspace.

"yeah?" he asked not moving his gaze from the TV

"was I wrong in setting conditions for samrat n gunjan?"

"No, where did tht thought come from?" he asked concerned

"Its nothing'" Silence followed as Nupur started playing with the buttons of Mayank's shirt

"mayank?"

"yeah?" he asked again waiting for her answer, as he could sense her heart pounding maddeningly.

"I don't want to work"

"I figured that myself" he nodded waiting for her to continue.

"u did?" nupur asked smiling a little.

"Yeah, and am fine with it" he smiled bumping his head lightly with hers.

"so what is it?" he prodded her.

"Mayank u think'u think its time'its time we ..have a family?" Nupur looked away as a blush crept up her face under mayank's intense gaze.

"Oh" mayank spoke surprised.

"yeah I think evry1 has their own big worries ryt now, in their lives, I guess a good news is much needed n when we can"

"Nupur" mayank stopped her smiling a little.

"yeah?" she spoke innocently.

"blurt it out now" she smiled and met his gaze "I think Ma always wanted to see her grandchild, and we'we didn't fulfill her wish, now I realize why she was so pushy about it, it was her last wish and we didn't realize, she didn't let us know'"

"I know" mayank sighed.

Nupur glanced at him, worried that she had upset him, he was doing fine.

"I think u r right" he smiled back at her.

Nupur tightened her hold on him n silently heard his racing heart.

-

Dia entered her room fidgeting a little, Samrat didn't confide in her his conversation with RV.

"Hey" she smiled weakly.

"We need to talk" RV murmured as he stared at her.

"about what?" she asked nervously.

"about Dev, about u and me"

"yeah abt time now" her voice cracked dreading his next words.

"Come here" he spoke softly holding out his hand, Dia chewed at her lower lip as she approached him and held his hand gently.

"do u know what I had been thinking?" he asked softly.

"a bit" she answered her heart pounding million times faster.He said he had been thinking, had he changed his mind now? his words were enough to swell her heart with hope, fear was leaving her.

"u know I dreaded it" he confessed "I would never want to leave you"

"u don't-"

"Shhh let me complete" dia nodded in response.

"I thought" RV continued "I would let u start a career, take dev's responsibility on myself and let u'let u free; but u wouldn't want that, u wont agree" Dia nodded smiling through her tear-filled eyes, more than him she saw Samrat's words echoing back at her.

"sam-"

RV chuckled "yeah that's what he said"

"he has always been so good"

"Yeah he said u wouldn't want to leave me and Dev- the thought scared me more than you think, I didn't have the heart to do it myself, I couldn't separate u from myself, it would be like not breathing" Dia nodded in response, RV looked away and continued "I couldn't separate a mother from her child; I had never been a good father, I dint want to do this sin, I didn't want to bear the weight of it" Dia squeezed RV's palm, he looked up his eyes grave.

"I don't think I have much options; its u and me'with our boy, our child"

A smile made its way to her lips.

"I don't know whether I will b ever capable to be what you need, what dev needs"

"u r what we need RV, nothing has changed, we will be the same, forever"

"that's what sam has been telling me; u don't realize do u, m not right for u, m not whole; you deserve someone better"

"Out of all the people you are saying this" she shook her head wiping her tears, she had been expecting worst "We will fix this RV, I don't need a grand life or house or anything, I just want a Happy Family, that's u and dev '.and our friends"

He seemed to be searching her eyes, smiling she stared back at him, letting him see the plain truth in the depths of her eyes. His eyes flickered away with unease "Its ur choice" he whispered.

"Great" she whispered back and leaned forward to plant a soft kiss on his forehead, he sighed and closed his eyes, smiling she placed her palm at the side of his face, tracing his cheekbone with her thumb, she brushed her lips lightly against his and whispered "I Love You" He smiled and pulled her into a tight hug "I Love You too"

-

Samrat half-smiled as he left Dia on tenterhooks, good news awaited her; finally here it was something nice.

He walked past the hall only to spot mayank and nupur cuddled up at the sofa watching TV, he watched for a few seconds and realized that Nupur had dozed off and mayank was gazing lovingly at her, instead of the Screen, he took in the glow that seemed to be radiating from them, surely things were fine between the two, A small smile gracing mayank's lips confirmed his thoughts, mayank brushed a few strands of hair from nupur's face, not wanting to witness a private moment samrat went up the stairs. So Mayank and Nupur too were at peace; Happy. He entered Gunjan's room not looking away from her he placed his mobile and wallet at the mini table. Silently he approached her, she looked pale and weak, sitting at the edge of the bed he stared at her trying to let his love wash over her. He wanted to feel every ounce of pain she had been going through he wanted to trade his love for the pain; but was that possible?

After a while he settled at the mini couch and continued to stare at her sleeping peacefully on her bed, her angelic face and her bruised soul.

Out of nowhere Nupur's words echoed in his mind.

"Samrat, u knw wat I cant trust u with my sister anymore!"

He would do anything to prove her wrong. Rage filled his heart and before he could make any sense of it, make any decisions, a tiny voice spoke in his head she didn't mean it True, Nupur hadn't meant a word, dhe didn't intend to hurt him or anything, she had even said sorry, he breathed another sigh of relief.

The question he had been stalling for years now came back to him. When will they marry? He knew Gunjan had wanted this for years now, she had even broached the subject and what had he done? Snapped at her, Ignored her, hurt her..

He shook his head to clear his thoughts, Gunjan didn't deserve any of that, he had been so wrong. He couldn't keep her happy, he had broken his promise so many times and never realized. He looked up and found himself gazing at a pair of moist puffy red eyes of an unshaven pale face, his own. He wiped his eyes and stood up firmly, few things needed to be set right.